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EP 0 127 780 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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05.02.1986 Bulletin 1986/06 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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12.12.1984 Bulletin 1984/50 |
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Date of filing: 03.05.1984 |
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AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE |
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Priority: |
03.05.1983 US 491245
08.03.1984 US 587381
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Applicant: Last Time Tool Company, Inc. |
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- Meredith, Jerry Richard
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- Meredith, William Clayton, Jr.
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An improved implement and method of manufacture thereof |
(57) An improved implement including an injection molded thermoplastic handle and an implement
head adapted to be placed in the mold in which the handle is to be manufactured in
the injection molding process, and in which the implement head is adapted to receive
and retain heated thermoplastic material injected under pressure and which means for
retaining heated thermoplastic material is in communication with the handle, and in
which the interface formed between the means for retaining heated thermoplastic material
in the adapted implement head and the thermoplastic material retained thereby forms
a bond joining the adapted implement head and the injection molded handle.